Soya vs Nakatsuka

Who won Soya vs Nakatsuka?

Takaki Soya beat Nobuyoshi Nakatsuka by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN Trigger 3rd, on Saturday 16th April 2022 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Soya vs Nakatsuka division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Soya vs Nakatsuka stats

Takaki Soya stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Nobuyoshi Nakatsuka made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Takaki Soya's 5th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Takaki Soya's Rizin record stood at 3-2-0, while Nobuyoshi Nakatsuka's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Soya had a massive power advantage over Nakatsuka, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Nakatsuka's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Soya and Nakatsuka would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Takaki Soya was the older man by 30 years, at 30 years old.

Soya was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 7 months later than Nakatsuka, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 33 to Nakatsuka's 20.

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Soya's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Soya vs Nakatsuka?

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